I wrote a book! I have been working on this for almost two years now and I am SO excited to finally announce it. I put my put my heart and soul into this thing and really dug deep on making sense of these past 3+ years living up here. The book has all sorts of new stories, insights, and history of the town. I think it’s the best content I’ve ever made. If you've ever got anything out of this channel, I hope you'll consider pre-ordering the book. It is a HUGE way to show support for everything going on and would mean the world to me. Amazon: www.amazon.com/gp/product/0593578449 Barnes & Noble (Signed Copies!): bit.ly/3QrzoYb BooksAMillion: bit.ly/3tNaUks BookShop.Org: bit.ly/3rZb5bN Available in all formats - hardcover, e-book and audio: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/709605/ghost-town-living-by-brent-underwood/ If you do pre-order the book before Dec 31st, I have some special bonuses for you: - Buy 1 book and get unreleased pages from the book and an unreleased full video of some of the best mine exploration I've never shown. - Buy 5 books and I'll send you a signed page from the draft manuscript for you to have. - Buy 10 books and you'll get an invite to a VIP party / tour of Cerro Gordo, hosted by me at Cerro Gordo, in April of 2024. - Forward all receipts of the book to: book@cerrogordomines.com.
It’s pretty cool, how you can monetize your endeavors-I’m not business savvy, so I just don’t think that way, but I don’t hate on it. I’ve been working for a year and a half to try to teach people that every single loose stone is actually and artifact- fashion by the ancient people. I learned how to see in North Carolina when they were destroying an indigenous mound, it’s not a fantastic story, because the entire town had to watch them destroy it.. but I’m trying to make something good come out of it. ❤
Brent, how about a handicap ♿️ trail where a disabled person can ride a side by side! I'm one of those disabled people and I can't walk more than 20ft. I love the outdoors and I'm finding out what things work for me and other disabled people. Cerro Gordo is on my bucket list!! I love what you have done in the past 4yrs whether it was good or bad, you have come a long way!!
I'd seriously consider what someone else mentioned a couple videos ago - the pump you have in the mine is insufficient for the distance you need to lift the water up - Swapping the pump out for a piston pump (or, overhaul the one that's already in the mine - an engine rebuilder could probably do this work!) is going to be the cheapest (and most reliable) option for you right now, especially as there aren't many people living in Cerro Gordo
@@Sixta16 The only one I can recall him mentioning is the old piston pump which doesn't work right now (likely worn out and needs a full teardown and rebuild) - I think there might have been another pump (think it was centrifugal) before the current one, but it too was underpowered.
Unfortunately he don’t listen to what people say in the comments. A well pump is the best bet and a cheaper fix . Part of the problem is going to be is the water coming out of that mine is quite corrosive so no mater what pump you put down there it’s Only going to last so long !
I'm in the well business and I've seen geologists pick awesome wells, but I've also seem them pick nothing but dusters while a driller with a pair of welding rods picked the best well on the property. I've also located buried wells with two copper wires. There's something to it, but I can't explain it
I was sceptical until I was shown how to do it - we were working in Jordan, our equipment never turned up to check the ground for buried objects where we needed to dig with back hoes (cables, pipes, concrete, large metal explody things (was a Jordanian Airfield that had been bombed by israel) Out of 10 of us three could actually find something - I had no idea what I was detecting all I knew was that at the back of my heels was something - so we would dig more coreful and with more than one banksman - freaked me out to start, the Jordanian Airforce we were working with thought it was witchcraft - I was using two bits of galvanised fence wire I straightened - since then I have used copper wire, welding rods, steel and aluminum round bar as well as many pieces of fence wire. I cant explain it, no idea what I am detecting just know that somehow it worked - when I came back to the UK we spent 20k trying to find a cable buried on the airfield - they could not, so I gave it a go and found it within 10 minutes, followed the whole length and even found it had a large coil buried at one point. Since then I have searched for and found buried drains, cables, water pipes - I cant explain it, just know I found them and left a few sceptics unable to explain how
"All of a sudden it will start circling in a clockwise motion". I have no idea of the science behind water dowsing but you can clearly see him move is hand in a circular motion before it starts rotation lol
Nobody has an idea of the science behind it, because there isn't any. There's no water dowsing theory, no scientific articles on that matter except for ones debunking it (and one that supposedly confirmed it, but then it got debunked in another paper that explained methodological errors that were made). Ask different dowsers how it works and you will get contradictory answers.
The only science behind this is social science that explore the reasons of why people scam others. Apart from the scam it is quite similar to the things, prospectors do. They look at maps and where water is around the area of interest, then they look at the location itself and try to find those areas where rain, melting snow and such could gather in the ground and point those areas out. While prospectors usually do not guarantee findings, will sample the area in question and maybe adapt their probing according to discovered changes in bedrock, quarz veins and so on, those water sniffeling rod wobblers usually claim some voodoo bullshit to explain away false promises of water findings. Any reason for „successful“ rod shakers are good observation skills, nice story telling and vague promises. They could as easily make a seance to speak with water ghosts, take mushrooms to fall in a water discovering trance, rotate a squirrel by its tail over their heads and then observe in what direction the squirrel runs afterwards or just ask magical sky fairies and other gods for h2o answers.
As a fellow hydrogeologist, I can guarantee that in a fissured rock aquifer, as is the case in Cerro Gordo, you can't just figure out where to drill for water using any of the presented methods.
I've said this before but I really think something like making trails for the Mountain biking community could really bring a whole new interest and revenue!
I suspect many will agree with me when I say, I sure do appreciate the time, energy, and effort you put in to making these videos. I mean, as if it's not challenging enough to do all you do with, at, and for Cerro Gordo but to document it through video and post for everybody to see, is quite the challenge... WELL DONE and THANK YOU! I hope to someday hike up there.
Oh that's hilarious! I have never seen the waving a charm over printed map before. Big mystery of why it starts to circle when your wrist changes motion.
The water is more important than gold, perhaps even more important than the hotel, and getting the hotel weathered in, is extremely important, both to you and the town. Can't wait to see if the water exploration is successful and a good and reliable water system can be quickly built.
He should be raising children, but he’s screwing off in an abandoned town. Goofball white boy… meanwhile the “minorities” are digging out the white women.
Brent, I've started watching your channel during covid, and you never cease to amaze me with your resilience. The progress on the hotel and the town in general is great!
Hey Brent, you should make Cerro Gordo a Off Grid camping destination. I have been recently been watching some off-grid camping videos and you should consider reaching out to places like X-Overland, Epic Family Road Trip and others as an Overlanding Expedition destination, get some exposure for all of you ! Your roads in are definitely jeep worthy!!
Brent, I just wanted to let you know. Your journey at Cerro Gordo is more than you can imagine. You are just not a small part of a town or a youtube channel. You started like everyone in 2020. Doubt, fear confusion about the future. The hotel burning and being rebuilt and your many journeys over the past years and the many well place positive thoughts and shared perspectives have helped grow a community that spans the globe. A community who's lives have been touched in many ways by your channel. I have watched since you posted your first video and some day I will load my family into the car drive 4 days to say thank you and enjoy a sunset.
Dowsing for water does not work the way the man in your video is showing. Liquids that are flowing underground produce a magnetic field that are parallel to their motion. Metal rods work like the needle on a compass and will try to align themselves with a magnetic field. A lot of underground water (aquifers) are like a slow moving river flowing along the bedrock toward the ocean. If there is enough water moving fast enough then dowsing rods will detect the flow.
Water witchers work... My parents bought a 2.5 parcel in the mountains and hired a 80+ year old man who was a water witcher. He found a spot a stake it off. They then hired the well company to drill the well. The company wanted to drill in a different spot but my parents refused. so the company drill where the water witcher staked off. In about a 120 ft they hit water. once they broke through it gushed out like a fountain. The driller was amazed and said we hit a double underground stream that crossed each other and was rare. I used divining rods as a demonstration that they work and placed a coin in my parents hallway. The hallway was dark and you couldn't see the floor. I found the coin when I felt the rods vibrate.
@@jimmyrivano3477 Right! I was playing poker once and I needed a river card of a King to win....so I said..."give me a king".. and it came on the river! I won! Therefore I have surmised that if you ask for any card you need you will get it. I mean it worked then...so it must work every time, right!
The progress you've made in the last few years is a true testament to your drive and ambition, and the drive and ambition of those around you that are always willing to help. Despite the fire, despite the washouts, despite the struggle, you never give up. Truly, you are an inspiration and that is why I absolutely love your channel and your story. Thank you so much for making these videos and doing what you do, and thank you to everyone that helps keep the dream alive!
Hey Brent, big hiker here in the East Coast. One thing we love is getting up onto a ridge and following it from peak to peak, its a more risky route for the experienced hikers only, but it will give the most spectacular views
"And if you need a shortcut, try taking a hike." So many things that Brent has said over the years is exactly how I feel and what I need to hear. I've always taken hikes when I've needed to clear my head or find some clarity with some issue that I've been facing in my life, or just get myself grounded again and at one with nature once more. I have always been grateful in the moment to experience the things in nature that I have, and I consider myself very lucky to have experienced the things I have, and I look forward to the things that I will experience in the future, including visiting Cerro Gordo!
Hi Brent, I just want to say you probably heard it before you are a remarkable man you’re a man that’s made in gods image to restore a ghost town like you’re doing I am proud that I know you do you have a beautiful day. Hope to see you sometime. God bless.
Only problem there is the technology may not exist to process the audio file 100 yrs from now. Archivists go nuts having to consider archiving digital technology.
Agree with Hotel - even though one is already buried under, this place and the mineshaft seem to be the most emotionally connected to Brent’s ownership
My wife and I have been watching you since almost the beginning. We love your videos, and we both stop what we are doing and sit together and watch. We appreciate all the hard work you and your friends are doing. I bought a signed copy of your book I hope to surprise my wife with. I can't wait to read some each night to her. You, I guess you can say, are our "together" thing we love to do. Again, thank you so much 💖. Take care.
Bravo, Brent! I'm so proud to have watched your first episodes of "Ghost Town Living" way back in 2020. I never stopped! Best channel on You Tube! It never gets old! Thanks so much for preserving history and taking us along for the ride. I WILL get to Cerro Gordo one day and visit. Congratulations on a great month and Merry Christmas!
Amazing. Suggesting your most cost-effective source of water is to a build a small down-stream catch basin. When a storm comes, and they will, pump some of that water into a near-by pond and swimming-hole.
I'm not an expert hiker or trail blazer, but I think it would be worth while to put a guide rope or cable on the steep or loose gravel areas of that new trail. It would be safer for anyone that want's to see that beautiful view of the valley. Keep up the fantastic work Brent. I'm hoping to be able to get to Cerro Gordo within the next couple of years. Till then, I look forward to more and more video updates!
Hi Brent, I think you should place the book timecapsule under the spot where your car got stuck when you first moved to Cerro Gordo in 2020. It's an appropriate start point.
We love your videos Brent, they dont all have to be well planned like they all are. You could just hit record at any time and we will watch and love them all the same. Thanks for being a content creator
Water dowsing is a real thing. Anyone old knows this already because they've used it for hundreds of years before modern technology came about. It's proven science.
Mr. Underwood. Another excellent video. I have just put an order in for your book and look forward to reading it. I am very proud of what you have been able to accomplish and you deserve all the credit for taking Cerro Gordo probably farther in the past 4 years that what has been able to be done in the past 20. Congratulations!
When swinging direction of his wrist changed, The direction of the pendulum changed...in the same direction!!! Absolutely amazing no one noticed/said something about it.
I think this guys full of it with the map thing, that’s nuts, but the witching sticks work to find water sources, I don’t know about gallons per minute but even our water company uses the sticks to find water lines over anything else and they are 100% on, it’s pretty amazing
Hey Brent, As for water dowsing… My grandpa did it and found water on our farm. My dad did it when our well wasn’t marked and he needed to find it to get it worked on (out in the countryside & builder had died). I watched him work. I saw him find it. Well guys dug, & fixed our well.
I used dousing rods a bunch to find barried hydro lines, so I know it works . So, I bought a seven thousand electric dousing setup for minerals . I found gold on my property right where it told me and at the depth it was showing . It sends frequencies into the ground, and the machine can be tuned into the frequency you're looking for . It also can cancel out all but what your looking for . I live in Ontrio, Canada, just 45 minutes from downtown Toronto . My property is 5 hours north of Toronto . I would love to come and see your old mining town in person . Good luck. I love the videos you put out .
Brent, glad to see things progressing. Fantastic that you are always finding new ways to share your journey and making it possible for visitors to share in the adventure. Looking forward to that book!
My grandson and I follow your channel without fail. We were both doing this not realizing our mutual interest Now we are looking forward to that hotel being finished so we can visit Thanks
A lil over a year ago I moved from my lifelong home of central Utah, where 3-4 times a week I’d take my bike and ride through the desert-y mountains which were 10 minutes from my house. I live on the east coast now, but seeing you walk through the same desert terrain mapping out the best hiking trail you can makes me the happiness your future guests will feel when they hike your trail. I miss the desert, and your videos make me feel like I’m back riding my local trails.
There’s something magical about the Sierras. I was fortunate enough to live at 9200 ft for a couple summers at Lake Sabrina. You can almost feel the mountains growing in the still of the morning. The calm and quiet of being away from the annoying noise of a city is priceless.
Have you looked into building with hempcrete? It's got several traits that make it far superior to most conventional building materials. Worth looking into, guaranteed.
It’s snowing here in Montana and I can’t get to my mine, so watching your videos is like my supplement and something to entertain me while waiting for winter to be over, thanks Brent!
Brent, you should definitely consider using some of the reclaimed wood from Darwin for the siding on the American Hotel. It would be a great, and historically accurate way of recycling.
I never really scoffed at the water witching or dowsing, I figured there was something to it. But the whole pendulum over a paper map and shouting numbers like the rods understand English is kinda odd to me. But either way, interesting to watch! Always a fun time watching your videos Brent!
Right? Am I too assume he has a built in communication system with the universe within his biology? Just by having an image of a place he can connect with that area, detect different elements of nature and locate not only their 2D position on a map but also their depth? Or rather, that a stainless steel TIG filler rod or pendulum has these properties? What contains the element locating intelligence? What contains the listening ability for his questions, what processes his answers? Oof Can he extend it to other things such as cancer or tumors?
Its Amazing to see the progress you guys have accomplished so far since the fire. Dont panic if it snows before you get the roof on. Just sweep the snow out. It isnt like rain. Coming from a Canadian 😊
A hot tip for marking a trail is a bucket of RED Paint, paint a dot on the mountain or on a stone, it lasts a long time. A well proven technique in Norway.
Dude the hotel is huge! Coming along nicely. I still remember the first video of when you actually lived in a ghost town. You’ve brought life to that place! Far from what it used to be!
In Australia, gold prospectors looked for vertical stratafication laced with quartz, and from there nearby searched for "deep leads" which is ancient defunct buried river beds that cut across the vertical strata and carved out gold bearing rock. They would generally begin with angled or horizontal strata and keep following along until it went vertical and bam there was the gold. Once they found that they would run it down like water table sorter thing below the crushers.
The hotel is coming along and I can't help but notice all the water in Owen's (?) lake below. It was great to see the mountains reflected in the water and it IS good to be grateful.
As a science guy, I've always been skeptical, but slightly intrigued by dowsing. I gotta say though when he starts dowsing a piece of printer paper, my B.S. detector went off the charts!
Wow Brent! You put so much positivity into this universe…it’s all gonna come back to you, brother. I live in mining country, at the other end of Cali (the normal part 😉). I’m excited for your journey and I hope to come visit, and soak up some of that sense of excitement, for the history, exploration in the future 🙏🏻❤️
Honestly I thought the dowsing shit would be more of a looking at the ground conditions and taking the best guess he could have over “here’s two sticks I shout numbers at”
Water witchers work... My parents bought a 2.5 parcel in the mountains and hired a 80+ year old man who was a water witcher. He found a spot a stake it off. They then hired the well company to drill the well. The company wanted to drill in a different spot but my parents refused. so the company drill where the water witcher staked off. In about a 120 ft they hit water. once they broke through it gushed out like a fountain. The driller was amazed and said we hit a double underground stream that crossed each other and was rare. I used divining rods as a demonstration that they work and placed a coin in my parents hallway. The hallway was dark and you couldn't see the floor. I found the coin when I felt the rods vibrate.
Brent,I hope the electricians have told you about aluminum wiring that they used along time ago and didn't realize over time that the connection would loosen up and start arcing and start fires, so please tell me that you are aware of that issue please, I hope someday I might be able to come up and see this in person and BTW I ordered your book from Amazon and can't wait to get it, keep up the safe work that you have started doing, I'm also happy you hooked up with Jason and Dan as they are a very big asset to you and Cerro Gordo.
I tried going on line and reserving that room for next October. Love the view. Could see my date was open but would just not take my reservations. Totally understandable. Just give me a shout when the reservation page is back up and running 😘😘
I’ve ordered my copy early on as soon as you announced it. I am so impressed following you since you began this adventure, the things that you’ve achieved and the improvements you’ve made. I hope that you can step back a bit to realize what you’ve been able to accomplish in 4 short years. Your amazing. I have Cerro Gordo on my bucket list and hope to meet you one day. Keep up the great work! Just be safe!
Great update! Some very exciting projects. Also, great shots and editing. I’d love it if the town could get some green going with the water. Crazy how much has changed for the better in the former ghost town.
We are looking forward to visiting you again next Spring (we missed you last time) and cannot wait to check out the new hike. As for the time capsule-I vote to place it behind the bookshelf in the library in the mine😊
All the best for you & those with you, in the coming New Year! I'm 68, would like to visit and metal detector the area. Your story is inspiring! I'm am historian, interested in prospecting, seeing what lies just below, and what it tells us. Merry Christmas my friend(s)!
I love how the town progresses, well done! I haven't watched your videos for a long while and seeing the development is absolutely amazing! However, at the same time I cannot cope how could you fall for the person finding water by looking at a printed page of Google Maps satellite view.
I cannot cope with how people dance or paint by numbers, but someone thinks its music. Feelings are hard to calculate for some. There is a math to emotion, and emotion to math. Its not that difficult.
Just visited town on Dec. 19th and thoroughly enjoyed exploring the area. The drive up was amazing! It was a bit chilly with the wind blowing but a beautiful place.
"Remember to be grateful both in the moment and afterwards. Its hard, but if you need a short cut... Try taking a hike." love this closing thought Brent, it really resonated with me. Thank you.
You are really making a lot of progress! A lot of things are coming together at the same time. My hope is to live long enough to see tourists going to and staying at your very real ghost town! Good luck Brent!
Thank you for four years of inspiration . I remember like it was today the moment I sat down on my back patio and clicked play on your first video . Life had become very challenging then , today , I am up up and away loving life everything is sublime again .
I believe a lot of people are with you in wanting the HOTEL to have a ROOF before the snow flies. Hoping and praying that happens for you. Impressed by all the progress you've made on a variety of projects. We will visit you sometime in the new year. Continued good luck and positive vibes.
I think it's good to keep an open mind to new things - but dousing is anything but new and has been tested and proven as quackery time and time again. I love these videos - and can't wait to see the development over the coming months and years!
I mean.... his whole operation is an investment scam, you know that right? Dude burned down a historic landmark so he could build a tourist trap hotel in it's place too.
yeah, i'm kinda disapointed to see such a publicity for pseudo-science on this chanel... without any regard to the hard solid proofs that "dousing" is a proven scam...
Wait, hold-on young man... To some individuals dousing has be LABELED, not proven a sort of act of quackery. However, Brent you have your professional Douser to use his skill to found water... Am sure he will find thee spot within 500 square feet. Have a Blessed New Year, in your endeavors.
Cerro Gordo is too far away for me to visit unfortunately, but I'd love to visit if I had the chance. Your work there is so inspiring and you patience is something we can all learn from. It's amazing to see a ghost town be brought back to life, especially since ghost towns will become more common as time moves on.
Brent, Your videos are always so refreshing and motivating! You are truly the definition of a trail blazer and pioneer. It's been such a neat journey watching you recreate history. I can't wait to check Cerro Gordo off my bucket list!
I wrote a book! I have been working on this for almost two years now and I am SO excited to finally announce it. I put my put my heart and soul into this thing and really dug deep on making sense of these past 3+ years living up here. The book has all sorts of new stories, insights, and history of the town. I think it’s the best content I’ve ever made.
If you've ever got anything out of this channel, I hope you'll consider pre-ordering the book. It is a HUGE way to show support for everything going on and would mean the world to me.
Amazon: www.amazon.com/gp/product/0593578449
Barnes & Noble (Signed Copies!): bit.ly/3QrzoYb
BooksAMillion: bit.ly/3tNaUks
BookShop.Org: bit.ly/3rZb5bN
Available in all formats - hardcover, e-book and audio: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/709605/ghost-town-living-by-brent-underwood/
If you do pre-order the book before Dec 31st, I have some special bonuses for you:
- Buy 1 book and get unreleased pages from the book and an unreleased full video of some of the best mine exploration I've never shown.
- Buy 5 books and I'll send you a signed page from the draft manuscript for you to have.
- Buy 10 books and you'll get an invite to a VIP party / tour of Cerro Gordo, hosted by me at Cerro Gordo, in April of 2024.
- Forward all receipts of the book to: book@cerrogordomines.com.
It’s pretty cool, how you can monetize your endeavors-I’m not business savvy, so I just don’t think that way, but I don’t hate on it. I’ve been working for a year and a half to try to teach people that every single loose stone is actually and artifact- fashion by the ancient people. I learned how to see in North Carolina when they were destroying an indigenous mound, it’s not a fantastic story, because the entire town had to watch them destroy it.. but I’m trying to make something good come out of it. ❤
Brent, how about a handicap ♿️ trail where a disabled person can ride a side by side! I'm one of those disabled people and I can't walk more than 20ft. I love the outdoors and I'm finding out what things work for me and other disabled people. Cerro Gordo is on my bucket list!! I love what you have done in the past 4yrs whether it was good or bad, you have come a long way!!
Sweet brent
You could color code your flags to have your trails branch into more difficult paths. Kinda like ski trails
Just ordered my copy.
I'd seriously consider what someone else mentioned a couple videos ago - the pump you have in the mine is insufficient for the distance you need to lift the water up - Swapping the pump out for a piston pump (or, overhaul the one that's already in the mine - an engine rebuilder could probably do this work!) is going to be the cheapest (and most reliable) option for you right now, especially as there aren't many people living in Cerro Gordo
mind you afaik he had already a piston pump in the mine.
High lift well pump!
@@Sixta16 The only one I can recall him mentioning is the old piston pump which doesn't work right now (likely worn out and needs a full teardown and rebuild) - I think there might have been another pump (think it was centrifugal) before the current one, but it too was underpowered.
Too much lift on that pump for sure! Agree 💯
Unfortunately he don’t listen to what people say in the comments. A well pump is the best bet and a cheaper fix . Part of the problem is going to be is the water coming out of that mine is quite corrosive so no mater what pump you put down there it’s Only going to last so long !
Hydrogeologists would be a better investment than a dowser anyday, wishing you luck on all the projects at Cerro Gordo!
so.. science over some asshole who makes things up.. yes i agree.. dowsers are equal to card readers..
I'm in the well business and I've seen geologists pick awesome wells, but I've also seem them pick nothing but dusters while a driller with a pair of welding rods picked the best well on the property. I've also located buried wells with two copper wires. There's something to it, but I can't explain it
@@williamdice2546 luck and subconsciously noticing things
I was sceptical until I was shown how to do it - we were working in Jordan, our equipment never turned up to check the ground for buried objects where we needed to dig with back hoes (cables, pipes, concrete, large metal explody things (was a Jordanian Airfield that had been bombed by israel)
Out of 10 of us three could actually find something - I had no idea what I was detecting all I knew was that at the back of my heels was something - so we would dig more coreful and with more than one banksman -
freaked me out to start, the Jordanian Airforce we were working with thought it was witchcraft - I was using two bits of galvanised fence wire I straightened - since then I have used copper wire, welding rods, steel and aluminum round bar as well as many pieces of fence wire.
I cant explain it, no idea what I am detecting just know that somehow it worked - when I came back to the UK we spent 20k trying to find a cable buried on the airfield - they could not, so I gave it a go and found it within 10 minutes, followed the whole length and even found it had a large coil buried at one point.
Since then I have searched for and found buried drains, cables, water pipes - I cant explain it, just know I found them and left a few sceptics unable to explain how
You can find underground wires or pipe with two pieces of wire. I've seen it work over and over. Why not water?
"All of a sudden it will start circling in a clockwise motion". I have no idea of the science behind water dowsing but you can clearly see him move is hand in a circular motion before it starts rotation lol
I see that movement too..what a sham..fat greasy haired snake oil salesman..like the psychics you see at random houses along the road.
dmba** is was a demonstration to show the process he uses
Clearly you have not used Google Maps printed and taped together
Nobody has an idea of the science behind it, because there isn't any. There's no water dowsing theory, no scientific articles on that matter except for ones debunking it (and one that supposedly confirmed it, but then it got debunked in another paper that explained methodological errors that were made). Ask different dowsers how it works and you will get contradictory answers.
The only science behind this is social science that explore the reasons of why people scam others. Apart from the scam it is quite similar to the things, prospectors do. They look at maps and where water is around the area of interest, then they look at the location itself and try to find those areas where rain, melting snow and such could gather in the ground and point those areas out. While prospectors usually do not guarantee findings, will sample the area in question and maybe adapt their probing according to discovered changes in bedrock, quarz veins and so on, those water sniffeling rod wobblers usually claim some voodoo bullshit to explain away false promises of water findings. Any reason for „successful“ rod shakers are good observation skills, nice story telling and vague promises. They could as easily make a seance to speak with water ghosts, take mushrooms to fall in a water discovering trance, rotate a squirrel by its tail over their heads and then observe in what direction the squirrel runs afterwards or just ask magical sky fairies and other gods for h2o answers.
As a fellow hydrogeologist, I can guarantee that in a fissured rock aquifer, as is the case in Cerro Gordo, you can't just figure out where to drill for water using any of the presented methods.
ua-cam.com/video/EIcnCaVsYFI/v-deo.htmlsi=kCOVs5ziOc87dGFS
I've said this before but I really think something like making trails for the Mountain biking community could really bring a whole new interest and revenue!
Rebuild a tram so bikers could go down
I suspect many will agree with me when I say, I sure do appreciate the time, energy, and effort you put in to making these videos. I mean, as if it's not challenging enough to do all you do with, at, and for Cerro Gordo but to document it through video and post for everybody to see, is quite the challenge... WELL DONE and THANK YOU! I hope to someday hike up there.
facts
Oh that's hilarious! I have never seen the waving a charm over printed map before. Big mystery of why it starts to circle when your wrist changes motion.
It really astonishes me that people believe this crap.
@@bjf10Exactly lmaoo
The water is more important than gold, perhaps even more important than the hotel, and getting the hotel weathered in, is extremely important, both to you and the town. Can't wait to see if the water exploration is successful and a good and reliable water system can be quickly built.
If Brent wants to develop the town for hotel guests and campers he needs to get the water issue sorted out first and the road, too.
That water out of the mine is only safe for washing . Hopefully someone has clued him in on that or hopefully he knows better .
All the mining stuff is just filler material. The whole Cerro Gordo revival thing was supposed to be for corporate retreats anyways.🤑🤑🤑🤑
He should be raising children, but he’s screwing off in an abandoned town. Goofball white boy… meanwhile the “minorities” are digging out the white women.
There had to be water there at sometime. What did the miners use ?
Brent, I've started watching your channel during covid, and you never cease to amaze me with your resilience. The progress on the hotel and the town in general is great!
Hey Brent, you should make Cerro Gordo a Off Grid camping destination. I have been recently been watching some off-grid camping videos and you should consider reaching out to places like X-Overland, Epic Family Road Trip and others as an Overlanding Expedition destination, get some exposure for all of you ! Your roads in are definitely jeep worthy!!
ua-cam.com/video/EIcnCaVsYFI/v-deo.htmlsi=kCOVs5ziOc87dGFS
Brent, I just wanted to let you know. Your journey at Cerro Gordo is more than you can imagine. You are just not a small part of a town or a youtube channel. You started like everyone in 2020. Doubt, fear confusion about the future. The hotel burning and being rebuilt and your many journeys over the past years and the many well place positive thoughts and shared perspectives have helped grow a community that spans the globe. A community who's lives have been touched in many ways by your channel. I have watched since you posted your first video and some day I will load my family into the car drive 4 days to say thank you and enjoy a sunset.
💯💯💯
Science FTW. Go with the hydrogeologist.
Go with both and see where the overlap is
Dowsing for water does not work the way the man in your video is showing. Liquids that are flowing underground produce a magnetic field that are parallel to their motion. Metal rods work like the needle on a compass and will try to align themselves with a magnetic field. A lot of underground water (aquifers) are like a slow moving river flowing along the bedrock toward the ocean. If there is enough water moving fast enough then dowsing rods will detect the flow.
What? You don’t think waving a chain over a photo(!) isn’t scientific? Wait until my psychic hears about this!
Water witchers work...
My parents bought a 2.5 parcel in the mountains and hired a 80+ year old man who was a water witcher. He found a spot a stake it off. They then hired the well company to drill the well. The company wanted to drill in a different spot but my parents refused. so the company drill where the water witcher staked off. In about a 120 ft they hit water. once they broke through it gushed out like a fountain. The driller was amazed and said we hit a double underground stream that crossed each other and was rare.
I used divining rods as a demonstration that they work and placed a coin in my parents hallway. The hallway was dark and you couldn't see the floor. I found the coin when I felt the rods vibrate.
@@jimmyrivano3477 Right! I was playing poker once and I needed a river card of a King to win....so I said..."give me a king".. and it came on the river! I won! Therefore I have surmised that if you ask for any card you need you will get it. I mean it worked then...so it must work every time, right!
The progress you've made in the last few years is a true testament to your drive and ambition, and the drive and ambition of those around you that are always willing to help. Despite the fire, despite the washouts, despite the struggle, you never give up. Truly, you are an inspiration and that is why I absolutely love your channel and your story. Thank you so much for making these videos and doing what you do, and thank you to everyone that helps keep the dream alive!
Hey Brent, big hiker here in the East Coast. One thing we love is getting up onto a ridge and following it from peak to peak, its a more risky route for the experienced hikers only, but it will give the most spectacular views
I haven't seen your videos for six months, I'm so impressed with where you've gotten to, it's amazing ...
The water spirits be like "bring us the Google maps and the ruler"
😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂
Seeing the hotel take shape is very rewarding as a longtime viewer. Keep up the good work!
"And if you need a shortcut, try taking a hike." So many things that Brent has said over the years is exactly how I feel and what I need to hear. I've always taken hikes when I've needed to clear my head or find some clarity with some issue that I've been facing in my life, or just get myself grounded again and at one with nature once more. I have always been grateful in the moment to experience the things in nature that I have, and I consider myself very lucky to have experienced the things I have, and I look forward to the things that I will experience in the future, including visiting Cerro Gordo!
Hi Brent, I just want to say you probably heard it before you are a remarkable man you’re a man that’s made in gods image to restore a ghost town like you’re doing I am proud that I know you do you have a beautiful day. Hope to see you sometime. God bless.
I love watching Dan and Jason together, and to have them with Brent and Cerro Gordo is super awesome. I hope you guys find the Mother Lode!
22:52
23:30 23:38
I think the time capsule should go inside the hotel walls. Also, it would be awesome to have an audio book version read by the man himself.
There’s a time capsule already under the hotel
probably for the best.... we know what happened to the walls of the last place@@Canned_beef
I think the best place for his time capsule of his book is in the library in the Mountain
Only problem there is the technology may not exist to process the audio file 100 yrs from now. Archivists go nuts having to consider archiving digital technology.
Agree with Hotel - even though one is already buried under, this place and the mineshaft seem to be the most emotionally connected to Brent’s ownership
It’s crazy to watch how much progress you’ve made since 2020 the town looks great
Thank you so much!
ua-cam.com/video/EIcnCaVsYFI/v-deo.htmlsi=CLQ9g6E8KTqECH50
My wife and I have been watching you since almost the beginning. We love your videos, and we both stop what we are doing and sit together and watch. We appreciate all the hard work you and your friends are doing. I bought a signed copy of your book I hope to surprise my wife with. I can't wait to read some each night to her. You, I guess you can say, are our "together" thing we love to do.
Again, thank you so much 💖. Take care.
Bravo, Brent! I'm so proud to have watched your first episodes of "Ghost Town Living" way back in 2020. I never stopped! Best channel on You Tube! It never gets old! Thanks so much for preserving history and taking us along for the ride. I WILL get to Cerro Gordo one day and visit. Congratulations on a great month and Merry Christmas!
Amazing.
Suggesting your most cost-effective source of water is to a build a small down-stream catch basin. When a storm comes, and they will, pump some of that water into a near-by pond and swimming-hole.
And catch the run-off from melting snow.
There'd be a rain from the roofs of the buildings there that could be captured and stored in tanks too
I'm not an expert hiker or trail blazer, but I think it would be worth while to put a guide rope or cable on the steep or loose gravel areas of that new trail. It would be safer for anyone that want's to see that beautiful view of the valley. Keep up the fantastic work Brent. I'm hoping to be able to get to Cerro Gordo within the next couple of years. Till then, I look forward to more and more video updates!
Cool that you brought an 1800's snake oil salesman in your 1800's mine town ! Very topical
😂
Hi Brent, I think you should place the book timecapsule under the spot where your car got stuck when you first moved to Cerro Gordo in 2020. It's an appropriate start point.
I always love seeing your smiling face! Your enthusiasism is contagious.
We love your videos Brent, they dont all have to be well planned like they all are. You could just hit record at any time and we will watch and love them all the same. Thanks for being a content creator
Great video. The hotel is looking really good. The water dowser was entertaining but my vote is for the hydrogeologist.
Did you notice his hand jerk sideways a couple of times before the pendulum "suddenly" started spinning in circles?
Water dowsing is a real thing. Anyone old knows this already because they've used it for hundreds of years before modern technology came about. It's proven science.
@@awesomecronk7183 Yes, obviously, he was demonstrating what it might look like when he's actually doing it.
@@manolisgledsodakis873 When he is ''actually'' doing it he does the same lmao, its all bs.
I consider myself as open-minded but remote dowsing over a printed map ???? I'm excited about the book 👍
They are into witchcraft, did you notice the young man's hoodie?
My family has been travelling up the 395 every other year on vacation since I was a kid. I cant wait to make this a new stop! I need to do that hike!
Mr. Underwood. Another excellent video. I have just put an order in for your book and look forward to reading it. I am very proud of what you have been able to accomplish and you deserve all the credit for taking Cerro Gordo probably farther in the past 4 years that what has been able to be done in the past 20. Congratulations!
Brent, as always thank you for sharing the updates, we are enjoying the journey and cheering for you!
Yes
Love fr
From Toronto Canada
It is so great to see the lake full of water!
Been watching you from the beginning , Brent you and all your helpers are the real ROCK STARS !!!! Thank for the vids .
Brent, amazing stories. You have your own Joy that brings Satisfaction. Thank you for sharing your life and your adventures with us.👏🏼
5pm Dec 13 ,23 . I had the opportunity when I was a kid to watch a dowser find two wells, in Hemet ca. He was spot on . The wells are still producing.
I honestly didn't realize just how dumb water witches looked until this video. I didn't realize it was so blatantly made up.
Lot of theatrics with this guy but I've seen it done plenty times and it works, a stick will do though.
Seriously. So stupid.
@@mktrollop1093dreamer
When swinging direction of his wrist changed,
The direction of the pendulum changed...in the same direction!!!
Absolutely amazing no one noticed/said something about it.
I think this guys full of it with the map thing, that’s nuts, but the witching sticks work to find water sources, I don’t know about gallons per minute but even our water company uses the sticks to find water lines over anything else and they are 100% on, it’s pretty amazing
Please make sure to include the failure of the dowsed well when it doesn't produce a drop at the depth specified!
Love seeing things going so well at the mine. The hotel WOW.
You have great friends helping you.
To another great year and a happy winter for you
Let's add to this. Brent, the time capsule should be buried under the hotel or by the new well
Hey Brent,
As for water dowsing…
My grandpa did it and found water on our farm. My dad did it when our well wasn’t marked and he needed to find it to get it worked on (out in the countryside & builder had died). I watched him work. I saw him find it. Well guys dug, & fixed our well.
I used dousing rods a bunch to find barried hydro lines, so I know it works . So, I bought a seven thousand electric dousing setup for minerals . I found gold on my property right where it told me and at the depth it was showing . It sends frequencies into the ground, and the machine can be tuned into the frequency you're looking for . It also can cancel out all but what your looking for . I live in Ontrio, Canada, just 45 minutes from downtown Toronto . My property is 5 hours north of Toronto . I would love to come and see your old mining town in person . Good luck. I love the videos you put out .
Brent, glad to see things progressing. Fantastic that you are always finding new ways to share your journey and making it possible for visitors to share in the adventure. Looking forward to that book!
My grandson and I follow your channel without fail. We were both doing this not realizing our mutual interest Now we are looking forward to that hotel being finished so we can visit Thanks
A lil over a year ago I moved from my lifelong home of central Utah, where 3-4 times a week I’d take my bike and ride through the desert-y mountains which were 10 minutes from my house. I live on the east coast now, but seeing you walk through the same desert terrain mapping out the best hiking trail you can makes me the happiness your future guests will feel when they hike your trail. I miss the desert, and your videos make me feel like I’m back riding my local trails.
So good to see Dan there with you. His channel is awesome. Love the way UA-cam brings together different people and perspectives.
I'm guessing but I think they might be friends. He's from the same area and Brent went to get the bartop from him.
I PRE ORDERED ALREADY!!! I HAVE WATCHED U SINCE DAY 1 AND WILL FORVER BE GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOUR DOING TO RESTORE OUR HISTORY
ua-cam.com/video/EIcnCaVsYFI/v-deo.htmlsi=kCOVs5ziOc87dGFS
I just got my own brass rods.. Give it a go.. It can’t hurt. 🇨🇦🐢❤️🙏🏻 Congrats 🎉 on the book!!
There’s something magical about the Sierras. I was fortunate enough to live at 9200 ft for a couple summers at Lake Sabrina. You can almost feel the mountains growing in the still of the morning. The calm and quiet of being away from the annoying noise of a city is priceless.
Have you looked into building with hempcrete? It's got several traits that make it far superior to most conventional building materials. Worth looking into, guaranteed.
It’s snowing here in Montana and I can’t get to my mine, so watching your videos is like my supplement and something to entertain me while waiting for winter to be over, thanks Brent!
Love watching Dan. He runs across illegal gold riffles, and formatiins and explains all about it.
Brent, you should definitely consider using some of the reclaimed wood from Darwin for the siding on the American Hotel. It would be a great, and historically accurate way of recycling.
I never really scoffed at the water witching or dowsing, I figured there was something to it. But the whole pendulum over a paper map and shouting numbers like the rods understand English is kinda odd to me. But either way, interesting to watch! Always a fun time watching your videos Brent!
Lmao wtf
The whole pendulum over paper remotely just made me completely not believe him.
yeh its a complete load of bull
Right? Am I too assume he has a built in communication system with the universe within his biology? Just by having an image of a place he can connect with that area, detect different elements of nature and locate not only their 2D position on a map but also their depth?
Or rather, that a stainless steel TIG filler rod or pendulum has these properties? What contains the element locating intelligence? What contains the listening ability for his questions, what processes his answers? Oof
Can he extend it to other things such as cancer or tumors?
I can't wait until they come out and drill dry holes on those spots
An official hiking trail, cool. Your guests will love it. Those views always move my senior Aussie heart. T.🐞🇦🇺
I would go with the hydrogeologist.
It's crazy how time flies. I can't believe it's been almost 4 years!!!
ua-cam.com/video/EIcnCaVsYFI/v-deo.htmlsi=kCOVs5ziOc87dGFS
Its Amazing to see the progress you guys have accomplished so far since the fire. Dont panic if it snows before you get the roof on. Just sweep the snow out. It isnt like rain.
Coming from a Canadian 😊
Thank you for sharing your experiences with us. Love the history and the amazing views.
A hot tip for marking a trail is a bucket of RED Paint, paint a dot on the mountain or on a stone, it lasts a long time. A well proven technique in Norway.
Dude the hotel is huge! Coming along nicely. I still remember the first video of when you actually lived in a ghost town. You’ve brought life to that place! Far from what it used to be!
In Australia, gold prospectors looked for vertical stratafication laced with quartz, and from there nearby searched for "deep leads" which is ancient defunct buried river beds that cut across the vertical strata and carved out gold bearing rock. They would generally begin with angled or horizontal strata and keep following along until it went vertical and bam there was the gold. Once they found that they would run it down like water table sorter thing below the crushers.
It's amazing, the treasure trove of gold and gems that are found down under.
The hotel is coming along and I can't help but notice all the water in Owen's (?) lake below. It was great to see the mountains reflected in the water and it IS good to be grateful.
As a science guy, I've always been skeptical, but slightly intrigued by dowsing. I gotta say though when he starts dowsing a piece of printer paper, my B.S. detector went off the charts!
Wow Brent! You put so much positivity into this universe…it’s all gonna come back to you, brother. I live in mining country, at the other end of Cali (the normal part 😉). I’m excited for your journey and I hope to come visit, and soak up some of that sense of excitement, for the history, exploration in the future 🙏🏻❤️
The worst hydrogeologist is better than the best dowser.
Honestly I thought the dowsing shit would be more of a looking at the ground conditions and taking the best guess he could have over “here’s two sticks I shout numbers at”
Water witchers work...
My parents bought a 2.5 parcel in the mountains and hired a 80+ year old man who was a water witcher. He found a spot a stake it off. They then hired the well company to drill the well. The company wanted to drill in a different spot but my parents refused. so the company drill where the water witcher staked off. In about a 120 ft they hit water. once they broke through it gushed out like a fountain. The driller was amazed and said we hit a double underground stream that crossed each other and was rare.
I used divining rods as a demonstration that they work and placed a coin in my parents hallway. The hallway was dark and you couldn't see the floor. I found the coin when I felt the rods vibrate.
@@jimmyrivano3477 its crooks any one of them
@@jimmyrivano3477 I wish your brain would work...
Brent,I hope the electricians have told you about aluminum wiring that they used along time ago and didn't realize over time that the connection would loosen up and start arcing and start fires, so please tell me that you are aware of that issue please, I hope someday I might be able to come up and see this in person and BTW I ordered your book from Amazon and can't wait to get it, keep up the safe work that you have started doing, I'm also happy you hooked up with Jason and Dan as they are a very big asset to you and Cerro Gordo.
I tried going on line and reserving that room for next October. Love the view.
Could see my date was open but would just not take my reservations. Totally understandable.
Just give me a shout when the reservation page is back up and running 😘😘
Yes! Dan is awesome! Love his channel so glad he’s made an appearance
He's a real hoot!😂
I’ve ordered my copy early on as soon as you announced it. I am so impressed following you since you began this adventure, the things that you’ve achieved and the improvements you’ve made. I hope that you can step back a bit to realize what you’ve been able to accomplish in 4 short years. Your amazing. I have Cerro Gordo on my bucket list and hope to meet you one day. Keep up the great work! Just be safe!
Great update! Some very exciting projects. Also, great shots and editing. I’d love it if the town could get some green going with the water. Crazy how much has changed for the better in the former ghost town.
On our bucket list to come and visit. I have been following for several years now and I am excited to see in person all your hard work and dedication.
We are looking forward to visiting you again next Spring (we missed you last time) and cannot wait to check out the new hike. As for the time capsule-I vote to place it behind the bookshelf in the library in the mine😊
All the best for you & those with you, in the coming New Year!
I'm 68, would like to visit and metal detector the area. Your story is inspiring! I'm am historian, interested in prospecting, seeing what lies just below, and what it tells us. Merry Christmas my friend(s)!
I love how the town progresses, well done! I haven't watched your videos for a long while and seeing the development is absolutely amazing!
However, at the same time I cannot cope how could you fall for the person finding water by looking at a printed page of Google Maps satellite view.
bless your heart
I cannot cope with how people dance or paint by numbers, but someone thinks its music. Feelings are hard to calculate for some. There is a math to emotion, and emotion to math. Its not that difficult.
You are on my bucket list to visit. I want to stay in your hotel someday! Love hearing about it all. Thanks, Brent!
Take a hike Buddy! Be safe brother!
Just visited town on Dec. 19th and thoroughly enjoyed exploring the area. The drive up was amazing! It was a bit chilly with the wind blowing but a beautiful place.
Thank you for continuing to share the positive and inspiring journey. ❤👊
"Remember to be grateful both in the moment and afterwards. Its hard, but if you need a short cut... Try taking a hike."
love this closing thought Brent, it really resonated with me.
Thank you.
Water should be your next priority. I have pre ordered your book. Can hardly wait to read it.
Be grateful in the moment. I like that. What a project under taking. Glad you wrote your book and had these You tube videos.
Well done on the book! 📕 what an a wonderful journey you’ve been on. Thanks for bringing us along for the adventure
Dan and Brent. The collab we did not ask for but truly needed
Out here on the East Coast! Watching it all unfold. Good Luck Brett, the world has got your back,,,We will see Cerro Gordo one day!
You are really making a lot of progress! A lot of things are coming together at the same time. My hope is to live long enough to see tourists going to and staying at your very real ghost town! Good luck Brent!
Thank you for four years of inspiration . I remember like it was today the moment I sat down on my back patio and clicked play on your first video . Life had become very challenging then , today , I am up up and away loving life everything is sublime again .
I find peace watching your videos dude! Keep it up! Thank you!
I believe a lot of people are with you in wanting the HOTEL to have a ROOF before the snow flies. Hoping and praying that happens for you. Impressed by all the progress you've made on a variety of projects. We will visit you sometime in the new year. Continued good luck and positive vibes.
I think it's good to keep an open mind to new things - but dousing is anything but new and has been tested and proven as quackery time and time again. I love these videos - and can't wait to see the development over the coming months and years!
You shouldn't reward his promoting quackery!
I mean.... his whole operation is an investment scam, you know that right? Dude burned down a historic landmark so he could build a tourist trap hotel in it's place too.
I can find underground moving water easily with dowsing rods. Found many drain pipes and water mains in my plumbing career.
yeah, i'm kinda disapointed to see such a publicity for pseudo-science on this chanel... without any regard to the hard solid proofs that "dousing" is a proven scam...
Wait, hold-on young man... To some individuals dousing has be LABELED, not proven a sort of act of quackery.
However, Brent you have your professional Douser to use his skill to found water...
Am sure he will find thee spot within 500 square feet.
Have a Blessed New Year, in your endeavors.
Cerro Gordo is too far away for me to visit unfortunately, but I'd love to visit if I had the chance. Your work there is so inspiring and you patience is something we can all learn from. It's amazing to see a ghost town be brought back to life, especially since ghost towns will become more common as time moves on.
Nice day. The birds are singing, wind blowing, rainbow caressing the skylines. I saw it all here, just keeps getting better each visit.
Brent, Your videos are always so refreshing and motivating! You are truly the definition of a trail blazer and pioneer. It's been such a neat journey watching you recreate history. I can't wait to check Cerro Gordo off my bucket list!
dude. I would absolutely love to volunteer and visit cerro gordo! What you are doing is absolutely unique and amazing and i love it!
3 of my fav youtubers. I would of loved to come hang out with you guys and learn some gold panning.
Everytime I see a video, it’s about 30,40,50 minutes but feels so short since I enjoy every minute. Love the story telling. Brent is a master at it.
Hello, thank you for the spectacular views, and pleasant visit. I wish you well, and joy abounds.
Peace
Wow! love the progress. the time capsule of your book should go in the library